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64.10% Applicants Accepted to Massachusetts Colleges

What is the Average Acceptance Rate in Massachusetts?

The average acceptance rate of Massachusetts colleges is 64.10%. Total 258,817 students have accepted out of 672,693. By gender, the acceptance rate of female students is 65.79% and male students' rate is 64.05%
The next schools are the top 5 Massachusetts colleges that have the lowest acceptance rate. Harvard University has the lowest acceptance rate of 3.24% among Massachusetts colleges. Northeastern University and Amherst College also have low acceptance rate of 6.80% and 7.26% respectively. The top schools are selected with an minimum number of new students (first-time students) of 100. You can view more schools at Massachusetts colleges with lowest acceptance rate.
The following table summarizes the average acceptance rate in Massachusetts by school type and level.
Massachusetts Colleges The Average Acceptance Rate
TotalPublicPrivate (not-for-profit)Private (for-profit)
4 years colleges64.42%85.33%59.20%-
Acceptance Rate by Gender at Massachusetts colleges
ApplicantsAcceptedAcceptance Rate
Total672,693258,81764.10%
Female389,766153,80265.79%
Male279,387104,20964.05%
The following table shows the Massachusetts Colleges with The Average Acceptance Rate. You can see more schools and narrow down the results in search result page.
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Massachusetts Colleges with The Average Acceptance Rate
School NameLocationAcceptance RateApplicantsAccepted
Hult International Business School
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Cambridge, MA47.74%2,2791,088
American International College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Springfield, MA89.36%2,7072,419
Amherst College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Amherst, MA7.26%14,8641,079
Anna Maria College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Paxton, MA69.58%3,5142,445
Assabet Valley Regional Technical School
Public, less than 2-years
Marlborough, MA47.37%199
Assumption University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Worcester, MA82.30%4,0353,321
Babson College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Wellesley, MA22.35%7,6071,700
Boston Baptist College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Boston, MA100.00%1313
Bay Path University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Longmeadow, MA75.63%788596
Bentley University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Waltham, MA57.88%9,6625,592
Berklee College of Music
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Boston, MA54.23%7,2863,951
Boston College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chestnut Hill, MA16.66%40,4946,748
Boston University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Boston, MA14.37%80,79611,607
Brandeis University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Waltham, MA39.41%9,9173,908
Bridgewater State University
Public, four-years
Bridgewater, MA87.71%8,8077,725
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing
Private (not-for-profit), 2-4 years
Brockton, MA9.09%111
Laboure College of Healthcare
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Milton, MA38.83%10340
Clark University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Worcester, MA50.32%8,7874,422
Curry College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Milton, MA87.52%4,7434,151
Dean College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Franklin, MA75.95%4,8603,691
Diman Regional Technical Institute
Public, less than 2-years
Fall River, MA100.00%1111
Eastern Nazarene College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Quincy, MA61.92%688426
Emerson College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Boston, MA42.75%12,1095,176
Emmanuel College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Boston, MA79.69%5,7864,611
Endicott College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Beverly, MA73.31%5,4303,981
Fisher College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Boston, MA74.23%3,3332,474
Fitchburg State University
Public, four-years
Fitchburg, MA86.06%3,0842,654
Framingham State University
Public, four-years
Framingham, MA87.41%4,5263,956
Gordon College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Wenham, MA91.76%1,3951,280
Hampshire College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Amherst, MA68.90%2,0901,440
Harvard University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Cambridge, MA3.24%61,2211,984
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Brookline, MA57.89%3822
College of the Holy Cross
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Worcester, MA36.36%7,0362,558
Lasell University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Newton, MA73.21%2,8332,074
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Private (not-for-profit), 2-4 years
Medford, MA-%--
Lesley University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Cambridge, MA86.23%3,1442,711
Longy School of Music of Bard College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Cambridge, MA89.02%8273
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Public, four-years
Lowell, MA85.95%12,25310,532
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Public, four-years
Amherst, MA63.52%45,45128,871
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Public, four-years
Boston, MA80.76%19,51215,757
MCPHS University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Boston, MA88.26%5,6985,029
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Public, four-years
Boston, MA78.64%2,5982,043
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Public, four-years
Buzzards Bay, MA89.40%1,028919
Merrimack College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
North Andover, MA74.63%13,1759,833
Mount Holyoke College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
South Hadley, MA39.76%4,8941,946
The New England Conservatory of Music
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Boston, MA37.55%815306
Nichols College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Dudley, MA84.86%2,3582,001
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Public, four-years
North Adams, MA92.45%1,4561,346
Northeastern University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Boston, MA6.80%91,0006,191
College of Our Lady of the Elms
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Chicopee, MA90.91%1,1771,070
Regis College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Weston, MA88.77%2,8412,522
Salem State University
Public, four-years
Salem, MA92.66%5,0934,719
Simmons University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Boston, MA76.46%4,0013,059
Bard College at Simon's Rock
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Great Barrington, MA95.45%154147
Smith College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Northampton, MA22.86%7,2691,662
Southeastern Technical Institute
Public, less than 2-years
South Easton, MA30.99%17153
Springfield College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Springfield, MA75.63%3,5492,684
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Public, four-years
North Dartmouth, MA95.52%8,8378,441
Stonehill College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Easton, MA73.44%7,2695,338
Suffolk University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Boston, MA86.79%9,6998,418
Tufts University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Medford, MA9.69%34,8823,381
Wellesley College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Wellesley, MA13.57%8,4911,152
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Boston, MA92.31%5,5375,111
Western New England University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Springfield, MA88.01%6,1285,393
Westfield State University
Public, four-years
Westfield, MA81.51%6,6255,400
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Norton, MA79.48%4,0313,204
Williams College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Williamstown, MA8.50%15,3211,302
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Worcester, MA57.48%11,5996,667
Worcester State University
Public, four-years
Worcester, MA87.66%4,7184,136
Blue Hills Regional Technical School
Public, less than 2-years
Canton, MA40.00%104
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School
Public, less than 2-years
Bourne, MA85.71%2824
Greater Lowell Technical School
Public, less than 2-years
Tyngsboro, MA100.00%1313
Monty Tech
Public, less than 2-years
Fitchburg, MA78.85%5241
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Needham, MA19.14%862165